How To Tell Someone They Need To Practice Better Hygiene
Everyone Cares About Hygiene When a person does not take care of his/her body it shows and smells. It is very hard to be around someone who stinks. However, no one wants to be mean or cruel so a lot of times people do not speak up, even nicely, to let that person know how offensive they are actually being. Poor hygiene is a factor that everyone dislikes, but it takes sensitivity and perseverance to help an offender.
I had a friend in high school who smelled terrible. It did not matter what day, or occasion it was, she always had body odor and bad breath. I tried to offer her Tic-Tacs; she declined. I asked her to try my new perfume; she refused. I had to do something because I could not stand the smell any longer. So I came up with a way of letting her know that she did not smell good.
My first step was to somehow nonchalantly hint that she had poor hygienic qualities. So I decided to buy her a gift basket. The gift basket contained anything a stinky person could ever want: toothpaste, a toothbrush, perfume, body wash, shampoo, Tic Tacs, and Winterfresh gum. However, I did not want her to feel bad so I told her that I was giving gift baskets to all of my best friends. As nice as the gift basket may sound, her smell stayed the same. She must have re-gifted my gift because she still smelled horrible.
I had already been very nice and gentle, so now it was time to hint a little less nonchalantly. I chose to make obvious comments anytime she came around to try to let her know she stank. Sometimes when she would come to the lunch table, I started acting like I was smelling something, and I would look directly at her and say that something reeks bad. I would ask her if she smelled it. Most of the time she would say, “No, I don’t smell anything.” However, one time she smelled herself and said, “It’s not me.” I was laughing so hard on the inside, but I did not want to let it show.
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